Olivier Côté is a filmmaker and screenwriter who graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Cinema, specializing in Directing, from UQAM. From his university studies, his fiction short films have stood out on the festival circuit, both in Quebec and internationally. His fiction films have been screened at, among others, Palm Springs ShortFest, Regard, FIFF Namur, Interfilm Berlin, Flicker’s Rhode Island, and the Norwegian Short Film Festival, earning him nominations at PCCQ, Japan Prize, Prix Réal, and the CALQ Emerging Artist Award.

Olivier favors an intimate style of cinema, seeking to explore our social tendencies and greatest paradoxes. Curious and versatile, he also works across various video formats beyond fiction: documentary, video installations, animation, advertising, and music videos. His first documentary short, La Retaguardia, is currently beginning its festival run at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. Olivier also co-directed the video installation Pavement Prophets with Jean-François Bouchard.